Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Yang

He had the leadership to make that happen.

Woodrow Wilson

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

William McKinley

Half-heartedness never won a battle.

William James

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Tupac Shakur

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Robert Teeter

This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.

Virgil

The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti

Werner Herzog

I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.

Van Jones

Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.

Jason Statham

I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.

Tony Buzan

All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.

Sugata Mitra

In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think.

Ann Veneman

There are still too few helicopters to reach more than 1,000 remote villages with lifesaving supplies that children urgently need.

Quentin Blake

I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just thought children might like my sort of visual humour.

Laura Schlessinger

When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.

Dannel Malloy

What we want to do is guarantee all 4-year-old children in the City of Stamford a prekindergarten experience regardless of their financial circumstances.

Peter Jensen

Here in the United States, there is a tendency to over-prescribe in some instances. But it pales in comparison to the under-prescription or under-recognition of these problems in children, ... We know from a variety of epidemiologic and other related studies, that as many as half of the children with conditions such as ADHD are not being treated at all.

James Boyle

Having watched their children grow up with a keyboard at their fingertips, parents know that their kids will inevitably turn to their computers for entertainment. And parents also know that downloading music is easy, prevalent and often illegal. These days, colleges and universities can offer alternatives that are just as easy and available, but more importantly to parents, legal.

John Cornyn

I think you'll probably see not only his erudition, but his sense of humor.

Greg Evans

Laugh at yourself once in a while; give yourself a break.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.

Wayne Dyer

I am realistic – I expect miracles.

Samuel Goldwyn

Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

W. C. Fields

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

Yakov Smirnoff

In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.

Jennifer Jones

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

Cassandra Clare

Going round and around inside a dryer can be fatal, whereas pasta is rarely fatal. Unless Isabelle makes it.